Titanic Cigarette Tin
Description
Featuring a delightful full-color lithograph of an Olympic-class liner sailing through rough seas on its lid, this pressed tin case was produced by the W. Ariel Gray & Co. cigarette company.
There were roughly six variations of this tin produced, all with the same image but with different information printed on the inside lid. There were versions produced advertising Olympic's maiden voyage, Olympic in service, Olympic & Britannic, Britannic's proposed maiden voyage, but this version advertising Olympic and Titanic's maiden voyage is the rarest of the bunch.
Produced in early 1912, most of these tins were recalled from shops after the sinking and the Titanic reference was blacked out with decorative scrollwork. This unredacted version represents one of the rarest examples of pre-sinking Titanic advertising memorabilia.
There were roughly six variations of this tin produced, all with the same image but with different information printed on the inside lid. There were versions produced advertising Olympic's maiden voyage, Olympic in service, Olympic & Britannic, Britannic's proposed maiden voyage, but this version advertising Olympic and Titanic's maiden voyage is the rarest of the bunch.
Produced in early 1912, most of these tins were recalled from shops after the sinking and the Titanic reference was blacked out with decorative scrollwork. This unredacted version represents one of the rarest examples of pre-sinking Titanic advertising memorabilia.
Creator
W. Ariel Gray & Co.
Citation
W. Ariel Gray & Co., “Titanic Cigarette Tin,” TitanicRelics.com | A Collection of Authentic Titanic Artifacts and Memorabilia, accessed April 29, 2024, http://www.titanicrelics.com/items/show/48.